The insidious poisoner Irmgard Swinka: Germany’s last death penalty
The last death penalty in Germany was imposed on April 21, 1949, in Cologne, and it was handed down to…
The first woman to die in the electric chair: Martha M. Place
The story of Martha M. Place is a tragic and dark episode in American criminal history, culminating in her final…
Murder out of passion – The cruel act of public execution in Berlin
Charlotte Sophie Henriette Meyer, a little-known resident of Berlin, was to go down in the annals of Berlin’s city history…
The sinister doctor: The sinister legacy of Thomas Neill Cream, one of the first serial killers
Thomas Neill Cream, better known as the Lambeth Poisoner, was a Canadian doctor and serial killer who poisoned his victims…
The alleged female Jack the Ripper: Mary Eleanor Wheeler
Mary Eleanor Wheeler was a cold-blooded murderer. She was born in 1866 to Mary Eleanor Wheeler and Thomas Wheeler, but…
The Champagne Murder
October 31, 1928, was a day of horror in the small village of Glannes. Albert Clarisse, a wandering basket maker…